Lightweight Ponchos

Somewhere between “light drizzle” and “the sky just gave up,” most rain gear quietly betrays you. Seams weep. Cheap plastic ponchos shred on the first branch that brushes past. That’s the whole appeal of a proper ripstop rain poncho: it’s built from a fabric engineered specifically to keep a small snag from becoming a full-blown … Read more

Somewhere around kilometre six of a soaked, socked-in trail, you start bargaining with the sky. That’s usually the moment hikers realize a folded-up jacket in the bottom of a pack isn’t the same thing as actual rain protection. A rain poncho for hiking solves a problem rain jackets quietly ignore: your backpack. A jacket keeps … Read more